Category Archives: Daily News

Saudi Crown Prince and Interior Minister Prince Mohammed bin Nayef bin Abdulaziz has had his country execute 85 people this year, and has imprisoned a blogger for speaking out against the country.
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Whether or not Chris Roberts, the security researcher who recently claimed to have hacked into the flight control system of a plane while it was in flight, was telling the truth about his ability to hijack a plane, we’ve most definitely entered the era of cybercrime. The idea that a criminal group could electronically take…

The Daily Caller reported that the popular dating app Tinder has apparently begun to catch on in the Islamic Republic of Iran in spite of the prevalence of government monitoring and enforcement of morality laws that criminalize intermingling of the genders. The report indicates that Tinder is just the latest extension of an underground dating…

Only once in a while does an Internet censorship law or regulation come along that is so audacious in its scope, so misguided in its premises, and so poorly thought out in its execution, that you have to check your calendar to make sure April 1 hasn’t come around again. The Draft Online Regulation Policy…

Chief Minister T R Zeliang today launched the pilot phase of the Nagaland Treasury Computerization Project under National Mission Mode Project and National e-Governance Programme Reform initiative of the Government of India. The initiative of migrating to a fully online system of transactions and payments aims at reaching new levels and standards in managing manpower…

Greenpeace India on Thursday invited its supporters from around the world to sign an open letter to UN secretary general Ban Ki-moon urging him to support free speech in India. “I am asking for thousands of people around the world to join me in standing up for Greenpeace India and speaking up for freedom,” Samit…

BJP leader Subramanian Swamy has moved the Supreme Court challenging certain provisions in the IPC relating to hate speech and seeking a declaration that they are unconstitutional as they violated freedom of speech and expression. A vacation of bench of Justices A.K. Sikri and U.U. Lalit directed the matter to be listed before another bench…

Intel and the department of science and technology on Wednesday announced a partnership to develop solutions for driving technology adoption in India. They called for entries to Innovate for Digital India challenge. The programme will give access to at least 20 teams a grant of Rs 2 lakh per team. Intel has also roped in…

Google is one of the fastest yet affordable broadband service providers in the U.S. ever since its launch. The West has too many great Internet Service Providers (ISPs) to choose from but we Indians don’t have very good ISP options, sadly. So we were all very excited when Google Fiber was launched with 1 Gbps,…

Intel in India and the Department of Science and Technology (DST) have called for entries for the Intel & DST- “Innovate for Digital India Challenge”, aimed at fostering a culture of innovation, create solutions that can address local needs and build an empowered ecosystem for pervasive technology adoption in the country. The challenge will be…